[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 106 (Monday, June 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 25771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11563]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-837; C-489-832]


Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy and the Republic of 
Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Countervailing 
Duty Investigations

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Commerce.


DATES: Effective June 5, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Corrigan and Yasmin Bordas at 
(202) 482-7438 and (202) 482-3813, respectively (Italy); Justin Neuman 
and Omar Qureshi at (202) 482-0486 and (202) 482-5307, respectively 
(Turkey), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On April 17, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
initiated countervailing duty investigations (CVD) on carbon and alloy 
steel wire rod from Italy and the Republic of Turkey (Turkey).\1\ 
Currently, the preliminary determinations of these investigations are 
due no later than June 21, 2017.
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    \1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy and Turkey: 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 82 FR 19213 (April 
26, 2017).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD 
investigation within 65 days after the date on which the Department 
initiated the investigation. However, if the petitioner makes a timely 
request for a postponement, section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to postpone making the preliminary determination until no 
later than 130 days after the date on which the Department initiated 
the investigation.
    On May 25, 2017, Nucor Corporation (Nucor), a petitioner in the 
underlying investigation, submitted timely requests pursuant to section 
703(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e) to postpone the 
preliminary determinations.\2\ For the reasons stated above and because 
there are no compelling reasons to deny the requests, the Department, 
in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the 
deadline for the preliminary determinations to no later than 130 days 
after the day on which the investigations were initiated. Accordingly, 
the Department will issue the preliminary determinations no later than 
August 25, 2017. In accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determinations of these 
investigations will continue to be 75 days after the date of the 
preliminary determinations, unless postponed at a later date.
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    \2\ See Nucor letter re: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
from Italy: Request to Postpone Preliminary Determination, dated May 
25, 2017 (C-475-837); see also Nucor letter re: Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of Turkey: Request to 
Postpone Preliminary Determination, dated May 25, 2017 (C-489-832).
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: May 30, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-11563 Filed 6-2-17; 8:45 am]
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